Happy Birthday!
William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth (1770-1850): Aka "The God-Father of Romanticism" was a poet during the birth of the romantic era. Through his writing you can see his love of all things beautiful in the world. He concentrated on humanity and its interaction with the world and our superficial lifestyles. A perfect example of this is one of my favorite poems...
The World Is Too Much With Us
THE world is too much with us: late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
It moves us not. -- Great God! I'd rather be
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn.
Thank you William Wordsworth for all you have contributed to the literary world, you will never be forgotten & Happy Buuurthday!
Love & Respect
- Chloe
